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TIL: Stella Liebeck, defendant in the 90’s McDonald’s Hot Coffee suit, suffered horrific third degree pelvic burns and spent eight days in the hospital for burn grafts. I grew up thinking this was a frivolous case for a victim that suffered no injury at all.

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x64d5 TIL that individuals who have even one psychotic episode after cannabis use have a 47% conversion rate to schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
KO65Q TIL of a woman who is literally fearless due to a rare genetic condition known as Urbach-Wiethe disease that hardened her amygdala - part of the brain responsible for fear response. Researchers exposed her to potentially terrifying experiences and none of them scared her.
yLJ8 TIL there are so many different types of apples, if you were to eat a new one everyday, it would take almost 20 years to try them all.
eMkL TIL that the UK is the only country to have successfully developed a satellite launch capability and then abandon it.
oRPLR TIL that pro wrestling critic Dave Meltzer, who typically rates matches on a 5-star scale, gave the famous Wrestlemania III match between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant a rating of negative 4 stars.